Record book



W. L. FALES.

RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1921.

1,432,029, Patented Oct. 17, 1922.

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W. L. FALES.

RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-3,1921.

1,432,020. Patented Oct. 17, 1922.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN-3,1921- Patented Get. 17, 1922.

WILLARD I. FALES, 0F CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO.

RECORD BOOK.

Application filed January 3, .1921. Serial No. 434,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD L. FALES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Castle Rock, in the county of Douglas and State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record Books, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to record books and its main object is to providea convenient form and arrangement of record sheetswhich provide a simpleand ready means for entering debits and credits in financial orcommercial transactions and greatly facilitate obtainingthe balancebetween the totals thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of recordsheets as above referred to which avoids the necessity of transferring abalance either from one part of each sheet to another part there of orfrom one sheet to another sheet, and still another object is to providein a record book composed of leaves connected along one of theirlongitudinal edges, a feature of construction which permitsofits beingfolded transversely for pocket use.

My invention is particularly adapted for use in check and draft books ofthe type commonly used by banks and it has been illustrated in thisconnection in the accompanying drawings. I desire it understood,however, that it may also be advantageously employed in stock books and,in general, in record books in which a balance between totals ofdifierent entries is carried forward from one sheet to another.

In the drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarlydesignated,

igure 1 represents a perspective view of .a check book showing thecredits side of a record sheet formed and arranged in accordance withthe present invention;

Figure .2, a similar view showing the debits side of the sheet;

Figure 3, a view similar to that of Figure 2 showing the record sheetfolded upon itself to obtain a balance between the totals of en tries atits opposite sides;

Figure 4, a perspective view of the book in a folded condition;

Figure 5, a perspective view of a check book showing a modification inthe construc- I tion and arrangement of the record sheets of myinvention; 7

Figure 6, a perspective view of one of the record sheets of thebookshown in Fig ure 5, exposing the reverse side thereof, and

Figure 7, a View similar to that of Figure 5 showing the record sheetfolded upon itself to strike the balance between the totals ofentries atopposite sides thereof.

Referring to the drawings by numeral reference characters, the referencenumeral 2 designates a pad of checks and record leaves which are boundtogether at one of their longitudinal edges either between stiff covers3 for'sepa-rate use, or in association with a tongue or other fasteningmeans for its connection. with a pocket case.

.When the pad is bound between covers, as inthe form shown in thedrawings, it may be adapted to be folded transversely for pocket use bymaking the covers of flexible material and binding it between the samealong a part of their edges only as shown ate in Figures.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings the check book or pad iscomposed of a number of checks 5, and record sheets 6 disposed atregular intervals between .them.

The number of checks between each two succeeding record sheets may bevaried according to the entry spaces of the latter, it being forordinary use, convenient to arrange them in sets of three between theinterleaves as in the form shown in the drawrings.

The checks and interleaves are bound together along their upperlongitudinal edges and the checks are as usual-provided with aperforated or otherwise weakened tearing line to facilitate theirseparate removal from the pad. Each record leaf has an entry side 7 forcredits and an entry side 8 for debits each arranged in columns toprovide a space for the date, character and other particulars of eachentry, a space for the amount of each entry and a place for the total atthe foot thereof.

The spaces 9 and 21 for the amounts of the entries at opposite sides ofthe sheet are placed in. corresponding positions so that when the sheetis folded. longitudinally along a determinate line 10, the total-place12 of the credits space is brought immedately above the total-place 13of the debitsspace as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

The line along which the leaf is folded may be predetermined by a creaseor weakened portion of the paper or it maybe designated by marks orindentations at the end of the sheet or in any other convenient manner.

The several interleaves of the pad are bound in corresponding positionsbetween the checks so that when. the entire number of checks between twosucceeding leaves have been detached, the amount spaces of the precedingleaf are in alinement with the corresponding spaces of the nextfollowing lea-f as clearly shown in Figures 2'and 3.

It will be seen that by this arrangement the total places of the debitsand credits sides of each preceding leaf when folded, are placedimmediately above the amount space on the credits side of the nextsucceeding leaf, thereby permitting of entering the balance obtained bysubtracting the total debits from the total credits on the first leaf,directly at the top of the amount space on the credits side of the otherleaf.

The form and arrangement of the record leaves thus avoid the necessityof transferring the balance from one sheet to another as is required inthe majority of checkbooksat present in use and an accurate account ofall transactions may be carried throughout the book without confusionand with little chance of mistakes.

As an illustration of the operation of my improved system of recordsheets, I have shown in Figure 1 of the drawings on the credits side ofthe sheet, a balance of $50.00 at the top of the amount space, entriesof deposits of $100.00 and $50.00 at different times, and at the foot ofthe spacea total of $200.00, this being the aggregate of all the creditsat the time the number of checks between thejleaf and the next followingone haveall been used. Upon the debits side of the sheet shown in Figure2 appear the memoranda of issued checks of the values of $10.00, $15.00and $25.00 respectively, the amounts being written in the amount spaceat the'right hand end of the sheet and the total of $50.00 at the footof the space. I

Now when the sheet is folded along the given line as shown in Figure 3,the total debits appear directly below the total credits and immediatelyabovethe amount 'spaceon the credits side of the next succeeding recordleaf and thebalance between the two amounts readily obtained bysubtracting the lower one from the other,is at once written on thefollowing sheet to be added-to the deposits subsequently enteredtherein.

The record sheet is preferably"prtwided with appropriate captions anddirectilons'to indicate its use. For exainpleythe leaf shown in thedrawings has on its debit'side "three divisions of its data space eachbearing the words Date, To, No. andv For, for convenience in enteringthe particulars of the issuedche'cks and the amount column has atits'top' the words Amount'of checks and at its fciotthe words Total ofchecks The credits side of the sheet bears at its top' t'he legend Folddown topo'f precedmay be varied as desired and that if necessarythebalance obtained by subtracting the total debits from thetotal creditson one sheet be written below the total debits on the same sheet insteadof above the credits on the following sheet.

The form of my invention illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7 differs fromthat hereinbefore described, mainly in that the checks and interleavesare connected at one of their ends instead of at their upperlongitudinal edges.

The record leaves 14 have a credits side 15 and a debits side 20 asbefore, but they are folded along a transverse line 16 instead oflongitudinally as in the first-described form.

A portion of each leafat the right-hand lower corner thereof, is cutaway as atli to expose the foot of the amount space 18 on the debitsside of the sheet immediately be neath the amounts space 19 on thecredits side of the same when the sheet is folded about its transverseline, and the balance is obtained ina manner similarto that of the otherform with the exception that in this case it must necessarily be writtenon the debits side of the same sheet below the total of the debits to besubsequently transferred to the top of the amountsspace on the creditsside of the nextfollowing sheet.

Figure 5 shows the credit side of the sheet.

Figure 6, the debits side of the same, and

Figure 7 illustrates the method ofobtaining and transferring thebalance.

The sheet has captions and legends similar to that of the firstdescribed form of my invention which plainly appear on the drawings' andrequire no further explanation.

It will be understood that in the form of my invention shown in Figures1 and 2, the record leaves may if so desired, be folded "along a centrallongitudinal line, in which case the total debits are entered on thenest succeeding record leaf before the leaf is folded, and thensubtracted from the total credits, which,after' the leaf has beenfolded, will appear immediately above the same.

Having thus described my invention in the best form at presentknown tome, I desire it understood that modifications in the arrangement of thesheets with relation to each other and in the arrangement of the matterappe'aring'on their sides may be resorted to in order to adapt theinvention for different purposes and Without departing from the spiritof the invention as defined in the following claims:

1. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designatedspace for creditamounts on one face, an appropriately designated spacefor debit-amounts on its other face, there being a place for a total atthe foot of each space, and the leaf being foldable upon itself along apredetermined line to bring the total-place of its credits to a positionabove the total-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from theother.

2. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designatedspace for creditamounts on one face, an appropriately designated spacefor debit-amounts in a corresponding position on its other face, therebeing a place for a total at the foot of each space, and the leaf beingfoldable upon itself along a predetermined line to bring the total-placeof its credits to a position above the total-place of its debits for thesubtraction of one from the other.

3. In a record book, a plurality of record leaves each having anappropriately designated space for credit-amounts on one face, acorrespondingly positioned appropriately designated space for debitamounts at its other face, there being aplace for a total at the foot ofeach space, and the leaves being arranged With their said spaces inalinement and each leaf being foldable upon itself along a predeterminedline to bring the total-placeof its credits to a position above thetotal-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

4. A cheek-book comprising a number of checks and interposed recordleaves, each record sheet having onone face, an appropriately designatedspace for credit amounts, on its other face a space for data relative tothe checksbetween it and the next succeeding record-leaf, there being anappropriately designated space for the debit-values of said checks, andplaces for totals at the foot of the credit and debit spaces, and theseveral record leaves being arranged With their said spaces in alinementand each leaf being foldable upon itself along a predetermined line tobring the total-place of its credits to a position above the total-placeof its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

5. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designatedspace for a number of successively arranged credit entries on one face,an appropriately designated space for debit entries in a correspondingposition on the other face, there being a space for a total at the footof each space, and the leaf being foldable upon itself along alongitudinal line whereby the total of its credits is brought to aposition above the total of its debits for the subtraction of one fromthe other.

I11 testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

WILLARD L. FALES.

